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Work on new stretch of M44 motorway, Hungary from 2014

The Hungarian national infrastructure development firm NIF has announced that work on a new stretch of the M44 motorway between Kondoros and Tiszakurt is set to begin in 2014. A public procurement tender for building the 62km route is forecast to be called by NIF in the near future. Investment costs are to be covered from EU funds in line with the country's Transportation Operative Programme (KOZOP) as part of Hungary's New Szechenyi Plan (USZT).
June 19, 2013 Read time: 1 min
RSSThe Hungarian national infrastructure development firm NIF has announced that work on a new stretch of the M44 motorway between Kondoros and Tiszakurt is set to begin in 2014. A public procurement tender for building the 62km route is forecast to be called by NIF in the near future. Investment costs are to be covered from 3287 EU funds in line with the country's Transportation Operative Programme (KOZOP) as part of Hungary's New Szechenyi Plan (USZT).

As a result, country roads with a total length of some 600km will be repaired. Meanwhile in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok county, 28.4km of road will be renovated at a cost of $14.11 million. This includes the upgrade of a 5.4km stretch between Abadszalok and Kunhegyes, a 5.7km section between Jaszszentandras and Jaszapati, an 8.4km stretch of the Ujszilvas-Tapiogyorgye- Janoshida road and an 8.9km section between Jaszbereny and Szentlorinckata.

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